Smyrna times., 1887-12-14
= and State Items.

1o,ntv and State Items.
.r drawbridge is to be built by
,,s railroad company at Laurel
w .,,,otown has completed her sys-
Mlouf''W Water Works, and ordered
ten tn use in case of fire.
Go of the farmers about Dover,
somo oSe arrangements to bale their
5 RayI and nd ship it to the city
C.n,;neI saws that Cesar Rodney
Inc Do"t movement is an old "chest-
MOURN ,S But it oughtn't to be for Dover.
M. authorities of Wilmington are
In e med to rid the city of the gam
Gsaa beIs. Let the good work 60 on.
~ Leighton McKim has accep-
H nv call to become rector of St.
I psn rs church, Georgetown, until next
Easter.
~ Moore. of Laurel, clerk of the
D. D. - Of the State, has removed to
Wilmington and is engaged in the in
surance business.
.olored brass band of Milford left
~, a Gown Town Friday, to join Frank Rob
S sia. circus, which will sail for South
america in a few days.
Cards are out for the marriage of
W.. GIine Mason Richardson of lewes
M WIS Tbomas Whaley TimmOns, mer-
a5snt Of Salisbury, on December 10.
Tho large barrel factory of William
= Psnnv6acker of Wilmington, with a
u of 5000 barrels a day, was
,otPsIIy destroyed by fire on Saturday.
q Fleming and Miss George
,Siorson were married at the home of
tSo bride's mother at Harrington on
Wednesday, morning, the Rev. John
Wartham officiating.
Twenty-Five probatiOners were adj
uitted to the NJ. E. Church at Newark
Thursday night. This makes a total
If % since the protracted meetings
have been in progress.
VIM. HAYES, a brakeman on the p.
" and B. Railroad. was run over by a
freight car at the West yard, Whining
ton on Friday, and had his left leg
and left arm severed. He died in a
few hours.
The thirteenth annual session of the
Delaware State Grange convened in
Georgetown yesterday. The meeting
PROMISES to be a very important one,
REPRESENTATIVES from every portion Of
the state will be present.
The Delaware State Grange wants
fair treatment by railroads of the fruit
growers and shippers of the Peninsula
and has gone to work in the right way
bringing its complaints to the attention
oftbe interstate commerce commission
See their.action on first page.
TB Merritt, owner of the Europe
an Hotel, Wilmington, has leased hii
WellknOwn hOstelrie to John G. Gar
wood of Salem, n. j., who will tak'
possession on Thursday next. Mr.
Merritt will retire from active business
to his farm, near Massey, Md.
Sunday evening was a great night il
the history of the Scott Methods
Episcopal Church of Wilmington
The whole debt standing against tn,
property has been extinguished, anC
that evening the mortgages wer
burned in the presence Of the cOngre
CATION.
There will be no Democratic Oppo
sitiOn in Wilmington to the Saulsbur
ambition next year says the StGl
Senator Gray won't oppose his assOci
ate and now the head of the Stree
and Sewer Department is added to tn
list Of neutrals, leaving but yer
small faction of dissenters at the COul
House.
VIM. n. Boggs, teller of the Firs
National Bank, and Miss Lizzie I
Miller, one of DOver's fashiOnabl
ladies', will be united in marriage 6
The residence of the brides mother o
Bradford Street, tomorrow. After tn
ceremony they will occupy their HAND
sOmely-furnished residence on Cover
Or's Avenue.
Mrs. Charlotte s. Prettyman, wido
Of the late Rev. William Prettyma
departed this life on Sunday mOrniu
last in the 86th year of her age. ST
was the daughter of Shepard Prett,
man who lived near Lewes. Her al
CesI0rs settled there about two hui
cred years ago, and the old hOmestea
still remains in the family. All IL
fFettymans in America came from b,
aamily and all from Sussex county
ths State. She was for many years
vacher in the Wesleyan College
wilmington, and during that time
America.
ATTACKING A FUNERAL The
neral Of Emmerson H. Trusty, a prof
ment eolOred man of Wilmington, to,
pace Sunday afternoon. There W
procession, headed by the Mt. We
non COrnet Band, which start
0wards EziOn Cemetery. At t
OOIher OF Front and West streets d
SCyiOfed people were set non by Il
UOsst Rangers, a gang Of white toug
aau Tree tight with bricks and cobb
zones followed. Several on be
ales were badly used up, and a C.
I ,5 lad named Watson had his he
lI open. There was a crowd of sc
1a n hundred people gathered. Fin
coed. - A''O"0O " =
WHAT CAN BE DoNE.-Ten We,
a. IN sae farm run by Mr.. J. G. Mohl
w.e'ersourg, in Murderkiln Hundl
MI purchased at $40 per acre.
I ""er mad his farm training
fsr r.'sSS'.e County, Pa, and he
j a,1ed It on the principle Of" feed
eoro :; ana II will feed YOU" All
ssb I y led on the farm. He has raj
an 9u as 70 bushels of corn per a
n.sIe land. He is now plOu
neaVy sod, which he will put
TsnStusn order for setting toba
IL az Ios next Spring. He thinks he
On na uu strong enough to grow tob
sro NV. Mr.. Mothers experience
b.sng potatoes, saws the Sentine
bLn' OtIo1seed meal is the best mar
potsio used, making a smooth 70
ebio LLalNG CHICKENs.-The same
tas ,Onen fever has fastened his ri
aronss upon some of the faru
rienooi smyrna, that las been e.
bav aeG y ny so many elsewhere. I
pe;S oeen tickled with the large pI
AMI ~ spring chickens" or broi
viii 'ne same history in the bust
niei,pprO PROBABLY be repeated. POI
Of rs1g up to a certain limit, is a so
reco Ssslue that no good farmer fai
tbs sue but beyond the limit,
usva are OF poultry by other than
usual arm attnr.iS -.